Title

Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution

Contributor Names

Draper, Deborah Riley

Hardison, Bethann, 1942-

Darden, Norma Jean

Davis, Leonard

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Office of Educational Opportunity Programs

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Presidential Scholars

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Office of Enrollment Management and Student Success

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Office of Student Life

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). School of Liberal Arts

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Museum

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Student-Faculty Corporation

Date

2013-03-05

Description

FIT hosted a screening of Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution, which recounts the 1973 fashion face-off between American and French designers at Chateau de Versailles that catapulted African-American models onto the European stage and made a name for American designers overseas. Here is the panel discussion with film director Deborah Riley Draper and featured Versailles '73 models Bethann Hardison and Norma Jean Darden will follow the screening. The screening and panel discussion was sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Programs at the Fashion Institute of Technology in collaboration with the School of Liberal Arts, Presidential Scholars, The Museum at FIT, the Office of Student Life, the Office of Enrollment Management and Student Success, and FIT graduate Leonard Davis. March 5, 2013.

Type

Moving Image

Panel discussions

Subject

Models (Persons)

African American models

Fashion shows

Fashion design

Fashion designers

Social change

History

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)

Versailles '73 (Motion picture : 2012)

France

Versailles (France)

Nineteen seventies

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000954